bootleg

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Retatrutide is so effective that a gray market for bootleg versions of the drug, which hasn’t been approved for sale, has been thriving for more than two years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Various deluxe editions also come with bootleg recordings from a 1975 concert, concert films on Blu-ray, a hardcover book with never-seen photographs, a comic-book tour poster and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

In between the tribute bands and memorabilia vendors, one of the big attractions was screenings of various rare or bootleg film footage, screened in cavernous hotel ballrooms.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

I grew up wearing bootleg clothes, fake sneakers, Goodwill or thrifted stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

And he brought me and Jazz bootleg movies to watch.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds